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April 11, 2006
ECIS advocates a balanced European patent system
that promotes interoperability
The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) has filed
comments on the Commission's consultation
on future patent policy in Europe.
In its submission,
ECIS advocates a patent policy that is based on the fostering of
competition and innovation for the benefit of consumers, accomplished
by ensuring appropriate standards of patentability and examination,
as well as by appreciating the important role played by interoperability.
ECIS also urged the Commission to ensure adequate safeguards against
misuse of the patent system. The greatest threat to an effective
and credible patent system that serves all interests is the use
of the patent system in a manner that subverts it, for example,
by allowing entities to accumulate patents for the mere purpose
of extricating royalties by threatening to stop the commercialisation
of a product utilising the patent, without the entities implementing
the patented
technologies themselves, by using patents to prevent interoperability
with dominant products or platforms, or by late disclosure of standards-related
patents.
For further information on ECIS' intellectual property policies,
contact ECIS at info@e-c-i-s.org.
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